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NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus the stat of the season for every team
For this week’s Power Rankings, we identified a stat for every team that best exemplified their performance, from recent trends to season-long strengths or weaknesses. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors rates teams against one another — taking into account game results, injuries and upcoming schedule — and […]
Continue readingWaiver watch: Why your fantasy playoff roster needs Canadiens and Predators
Brendan Gallagher, RW, Montreal Canadiens (Rostered in 36.4% of ESPN.com leagues): Forced to sit out a couple of weeks with a lower-body injury, the scrappy winger now appears his best, refreshed, dirt-disturbing self. Competing on a line with Christian Dvorak, Gallagher has a goal and four assists in his three games back, plus a bonus […]
Continue readingPittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin suspended 4 games for cross-check to face of Nashville Predators’ Mark Borowiecki
Evgeni Malkin has been suspended four games without pay for cross-checking Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki in the face, a significant blow to the Pittsburgh Penguins as they hope to hold on to their playoff position. Malkin will miss upcoming games against the New York Islanders and Boston Bruins after the NHL’s department of player safety announced […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey forecaster: Dec. 13 to Dec. 19
Fox is pacing at 7.11 fantasy points per 60 minutes (FPP60), while Makar is right there at 7.10. That pace of fantasy points for a skill defenseman is not something we usually see. You have to go back to 2016-17 for the last time a defenseman that primarily puts up points through offense led the […]
Continue readingSeattle Kraken expansion draft protected lists, available players
The Seattle Kraken are joining the NHL for the 2021-22 season and will play in the Pacific Division. The front office and coaching staff have taken shape, and Climate Pledge Arena is on track to be ready, but the team needs players. The Kraken will select one player each from 30 NHL teams, as the […]
Continue readingNashville Predators’ injury list grows longer with Filip Forsberg on IR
The Predators also said rookie forward Eeli Tolvanen (lower-body injury) and defenseman Dante Fabbro (upper-body injury) now are week-to-week. Right wing Mathieu Olivier will miss four to six weeks with a lower-body injury after being hurt in the second period of Thursday night’s 7-1 win over Detroit. He limped to the dressing room trying to […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey: Nick Leddy, Zach Werenski among top category specialists to add
Join or create a league in the No. 1 Fantasy Hockey game, and play your way with custom scoring and lineup features. Create or join a league today >> Vincent Trocheck, C/RW, Carolina Hurricanes (94.8%): Let’s say you’re dominating in other aspects. Perhaps, for example, a combination of players are wiping your league’s fantasy floor […]
Continue readingHow COVID-19 has impacted the 2021 NHL season: Hurricanes, Capitals, Stars and what’s next
Here’s everything you need to know about how the virus is impacting the hockey season, and what comes next. Before it started. Daily testing began in training camp and just a few days in, there was already an outbreak on the defending Western Conference champion Dallas Stars. According to the league, 17 members of the […]
Continue readingUpdated fantasy hockey rankings: What’s changed from last season?
We last checked in with a rankings update in June, when the NHL was very much in limbo. Since then, we’ve had an extended playoffs, a draft, a long delay, and the start of a very different NHL season. Since then, we’ve revamped the default scoring to better reflect positional value and diverse skill sets […]
Continue readingDoc Emrick’s influence on the NHL’s next generation of voices
Mike “Doc” Emrick’s retirement announcement this week was a disarmingly heartfelt moment that burned through the clouds of cynicism, even if for a moment. There have been comparisons drawn between his farewell and that of Fred “Mister” Rogers, and they’re apt. Both loved what they did and loved the people for whom they did it. […]
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